caribou

An introduction to caribou, discussing their physical characteristics, how they find food, and how they raise their young.

Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine.

Ranger Rick and his animal friends rescue a rare woodland caribou who is trapped on a ledge and find that he is part of a small herd being protected and studied in the mountains of Idaho.

A photographic chronicle of one year in the lives of the barren-ground caribou, discussing their ability to survive in the brutal cold of the northern winter, migration, feeding, and mating and reproduction; and examining the relationship of humans with the animals.

The author, a Chipewyan Dene, describes his efforts to protect the caribou native to his homeland in the Northwest Territories, discusses how he helps scientists monitor the health and migration of the caribou, and shares creation stories that tell how his people are decedents of the caribou.

Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, migratory habits, and the relationship to man of the North American caribou.

Simple text and photographs describe the caribou, where they live, what they look like, and their migration patterns.

In northern Alaska an Eskimo girl is transformed into a caribou and travels with the herd in order to save her human family from starvation.

Tells the story of Soft Ear, an eight-month-old caribou who follows her mother on the annual migration to the calving grounds of the barren North.